Doom Metal: Difference between revisions

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The genre technically started right at the beginning of metal, with the aforementioned Black Sabbath, who were the first metal band. Another classic metal band, Pentagram, was also a key part of doom metal, though the genre was not truly formed until a tiny bit later on, with several other influential bands including Saint Vitus, Pagan Altar, Trouble and Witchfinder General. Possibly the most influential of doom metal bands was [[Candlemass]], who released their debut album ''[[Canis Latinicus|Epicus Doomicus Metallicus]]'' in 1986. It was this album that marked doom metal as a genre to be reckoned with. It's also possibly where the name of the genre came from ("Doomicus Metallicus" = "Doom Metal"). During the eighties, doom metal was a deeply underground subgenre, metal being dominated commercially by [[Hair Metal]] and in the less-underground-than-doom-metal underground by [[Thrash Metal]].

Another form of doom, known as "post-metal" or "atmospheric sludge metal", combined sludge metal with [[Post Rock]]. Certain post-metal bands, such as Isis, Neurosis and Pelican, have gained recognition in the metal scene, but this success has been met with backlash from [[Fan Dumb|certain people]], who refer to it as "hipster metal" (and, for some reason, lump them in with [[Mastodon]], who are not a post-metal band despite taking influences from sludge metal). It is, however, debatable whether post-metal even qualifies as a doom metal subgenre (or even a metal subgenre at that), and most doom purists are likely to consider it as merely "heavy post-rock", claiming that these bands take very little influence from the doom style.

 

 

Although doom is not well-known in the mainstream, it's had quite a history.

'''Traditional Doom''' and '''Epic Doom'''<br />Technically they are different subgenres, however the distinction is frequently very hard to grasp, so they've been lumped in together. (A basic guide: traditional doom = Saint Vitus, epic doom = Candlemass.)

* Black Pyramid

* [[Candlemass]]

* [[Cathedral]]

* Corrosion of Conformity

* Corrupted

* Down

* [[Godflesh]]

* Graves at Sea

* Nadja

* [http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=199818 Svetlana]

* Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine

* Wormphlegm

=== Doom metal displays the following tropes: ===

 

* [[Despair Event Horizon]] - Funeral doom.

* [[Drone of Dread]]: Drone metal is all about this, but it also shows up in other subgenres.